Don't bother. The PVE goes nowhere, you finish the game, then you either repetitive farm, or you repeat the game from a different profession. It's linear and it gets boring very quickly.

The PVP side is where this game had a lot of potential. A year ago, I would have strongly recommended it, but now I can't. The game has gotten so out of balance that now it very quickly becomes build wars. That is, often, before you even have ocntact with your opposition, you have lost the game. They have a build, you don't have counters, you lose. Ok, it's not quite so simple as that but it's close. The PVP side of the community is the smaller of the two (PVE + PVP) and it shows in the ammount of attention it gets. It doesn't get the balance and the reworks it needs urgently and you play it, lose to whatever is overpowered today, or you run whatever is overpowered today and feel like you're playing a retarded sort of game.

This is if you get anywhere near the competitive scene - you're going to be be coming in quite cold, knowing hardly anybody, whereas all of the really competitive groups are put together from people who know each other. Pick Up Groups rarely go anywhere in Heroes Ascent (the *casual* high end PVP area), no matter how well ranked they are.

The Guild ladder is dominated in the top 100 by the same 200 people that have been there forever, with incursions by people who are running whatever is imbalanced for the last month to farm their way quickly up. They never stay there and most of the more established top players view them with a good deal of contempt.

It's a bit sad really because this game had far more potential from a PVP viewpoint than most, yet it's been wasted for lack of effort. If you enjoy linear PVE that doesn't change and farming, then that might do it for you. If you're interested in PVP, don't bother, the community is about to collapse (I'd argue that it's a shell at the moment that gives a outward view of being alive, but is rotten inside) and there are very good reasons behind that.




WTS: Rank 7, Champ 3, KOaBD account.